China’s trip to the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship Glory
(Part-2)
Game-3: China 90- Syria 71
So far the Chinese team was looking great and had won its opening two games of 2011 FIBA Asia Championship. The next game was against Syria on 19th September and China against came out on top 90-71.
Throughout the game, the Chinese team played tremendously and kept the pressure on Syria. The first quarter ended in the favour of China 10-24. The 14 points healthy lead proved wonderful for China in the second quarter as they
again gave no chance to Syria and stretched the lead to 19 points.
The Syrian team played comparatively well in the second half of the game and played aggressively. They defended well and their forwards were kept scoring. Third quarter’s 21-23 score was a sigh of relief for Syria but the Chinese
team was already in control as they grabbed a healthy lead at the end of third period. Eventually China proved their valour in the final period and won the game 90-71.
China’s Yue Sun scored total eight points, two rebounds and four assists. Jianlian Yi added 19 points, six rebounds and only one assist. FangYu Zhu posted seven points, three rebounds and two assists in China’s victory over Syria.
Only two players from Syria scored in double figures. Giannis Deep scored 16 points, one rebound and one assists while Sameer Al Dags added twelve points and two rebounds for Syria.
Game-4: China 93- Jordan 60
China played its second stage’s first game against Jordan on 20th September and kept their winning momentum as they crushed Jordan 93-60.
The Chinese team went into the first period with great confidence and established an early lead of 10 points. The first quarter ended at 25-15 in China’s favour. China kept the pressure on Jordan even in the second quarter but
Jordan were more a athletic and reduced the lead to just six points at the end of second quarter.
The second half of the game was decisive as China regained their power and pushed the Jordanian team behind and took 17 points lead in at the end of third quarter. The last period was another good display of great performance by
the Chinese team as they eventually won the game 93-60.
China’s Yue Sun played well and scored 14 points, two rebounds and three assists. Jianlian Yi added 16 points and 12 rebounds while FangYu Zhu posted eight points, one rebounds and two assists. China’s ZhiZhi Wang scored 10 points,
five rebounds and two assists and Wei Liu only able to score five points for China.
The Jordanian team were good in the second quarter but they could not play well in later half of the game. Rasheim Wright scored 11 points, one rebounds and two assists for Jordan. Osama Daghles added 10, Zaid Abbas scored 17 and
Islam Abbas posted 12 points and three rebounds for Jordan.
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